Category Archives: Checkout Management

Get More Out of Social Media

While no one these days would likely doubt the importance of integrating their ecommerce business with the world of social media, there is endless debate over how to turn that involvement into increased ROI.  How do you measure profit through … Continue reading

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Black Friday Breakdown: The New Enterprise Revolution

I am writing this on Black Friday, right in the middle of the busiest day in retail.  It’s around midday, so we’re coming down from perhaps the peak of the insanity, and pundits and polesters are already starting to comment … Continue reading

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Essential Features for Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Part II

In our last blog, we discussed how maintaining alternate payment gateways and creating gift registries are essential for ecommerce retailers preparing for the windfall that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Today, we will look at two additional aspects that … Continue reading

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Essential Features for Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Part I

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are unique days for the ecommerce retailer.  The normal activity of steadily flowing orders is disrupted by the exhilarating insanity of a single weekend that for many retailers, is the culmination and make-or-break point of … Continue reading

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Take Control of Your Abandoned Carts

Studies show a high percentage of shopping carts on ecommerce stores are abandoned.  One study by Marketing Experiments indicates over 56% of all shopping carts are abandoned before the purchase is completed. There are a number of reasons to explain … Continue reading

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How to Create a Sold Out Event

This past summer, our staff at Upshot Commerce attended a lot of seminars and conferences about the world of ecommerce.  One thing that is very clear from this summer: marketing and selling event tickets is certainly changing. Once marketing seminars … Continue reading

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Must Have Features for the Holidays

The holidays are in the air. Late August is right about the time that many ecommerce retailers begin thinking about and planning for the holidays—getting inventories in order and setting a marketing game plan for the holiday season.  It is … Continue reading

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Designing the Perfect Shopping Cart

There are a number of pieces that make up a working ecommerce retail website: There is the landing page, which is the first thing that most users will see, there are product descriptions, images, categories, order management, order fulfillment—however, it … Continue reading

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Keep the Sale, Roll Over Your Payment Gateway

For most retailers, thinking about their payment gateway is little more than an afterthought; a one-time decision that allows their ecommerce store software to authorize payments from their customer’s bank or credit accounts.  In the larger picture of decisions that … Continue reading

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